Cissus quadrangularis L.

Kampung Belukar, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.

 

Cissus quadrangularis L. Vitaceae. CN: [Malay - Pokok patah tulang, Sipatah-patah, Pokok buasir], Winged treebine, Veldt grape, Devil's backbone. Used in traditional medicine for the treatment of pile and fractured bones. Compounds that act as receptor antagonists of glucocorticoids have reduced the healing time of broken bones 30 to 50 percent in clinical trials.

 

Synonym(s):

Cissus bifida Schumach. & Thonn.

Cissus quadrangula L.

Cissus quadrangula Salisb.

Cissus succulenta (Galpin) Burtt-Davy

Cissus tetragona Harv.

Cissus tetraptera Hook.f.

Cissus triandra Schumach. & Thonn.

Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight

Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Morales

Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight

Vitis succulenta Galpin

 

Ref and suggested reading:

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2722833

www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?10622

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cissus_quadrangularis

repository.ipb.ac.id/bitstream/handle/123456789/46733/201...

 

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